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The Sphere of Light: Secrets of the Boleyn Women: 2
Ann Henning Jocelyn
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Description for The Sphere of Light: Secrets of the Boleyn Women: 2
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This captivating novel evolves like a detective story, as a family member airbrushed out of history sets out to uncover the well-kept secrets of the three Boleyn women: Why was Mary, King Henry VIII's sweetheart, unaccountably disgraced and banished from court? How did Anne come to be executed, along with her brother and four others, on false, trumped-up charges? And what drove Jane, first to give false fatal evidence against her own kin, and then risk - and lose - her head for the part she played in Queen Katherine Howard's adultery? The startling conclusion of this book, endorsed by ... Read more
This captivating novel evolves like a detective story, as a family member airbrushed out of history sets out to uncover the well-kept secrets of the three Boleyn women: Why was Mary, King Henry VIII's sweetheart, unaccountably disgraced and banished from court? How did Anne come to be executed, along with her brother and four others, on false, trumped-up charges? And what drove Jane, first to give false fatal evidence against her own kin, and then risk - and lose - her head for the part she played in Queen Katherine Howard's adultery? The startling conclusion of this book, endorsed by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Doonreaghan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9780953903368
SKU
9780953903368
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About Ann Henning Jocelyn
Ann Henning Jocelyn gave up a promising academic career in her native Sweden for work in the London theatre. Then, after marrying Robert Jocelyn, Earl of Roden, she settled in the West of Ireland, at Doonreagan, the beautiful country home where Ted Hughes once lived and where "a warm flow of inspiration" brought forth some of his best loved poems. ... Read more
Reviews for The Sphere of Light: Secrets of the Boleyn Women: 2
"Captivating, sumptuous in detail and thrillingly plotted - a triumph!" Dr Owen Emmerson." "After Hilary Mantel and Alison Weir, is there room for more on the Boleyn story? Actually, there is. It is an engrossing story, and Jocelyn deserves credit for finding a lucid structure in which to unravel it once more, getting the balance right between the complexities of ... Read more